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53 Congressmen support the Chicago ban on all handguns

I’ve been following the Chicago 2nd and 14th Amendment cases. You can find all the original research at <A href=”http://www.chicagoguncase.com”>ChicagoGunCase.com</a>. I posted some commentary about the case at my own blog <A href=”http://republicanmichigander.blogspot.com/2010/01/update-in-mcdonald-v-chicago-and-list.html”>here</a> and <A href=”http://republicanmichigander.blogspot.com/2009/12/scotus-to-hear-mcdonald-2nd-and-14th.html”>here</a>.

In short, Otis McDonald and others are suing to remove Chicago’s handgun ban as a violation of his 2nd and 14th Amendment rights.

On Redstate, I’m going to stick to the political aspects of this case since the legal arguments can get complicated will bore anyone except legal beagles to death. Recently, amici have been filed by both sides in this case. A large number of congressmen support McDonald, even some who lean anti-gun.

Most recently have been amici on behalf of Chicago. The following 53 Congresscritters, all of whom are democrat, supported the Chicago ban on all handguns. <a href=”http://www.chicagoguncase.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/08-1521-bsac-representive-carolyn-mccarthy-et-al.pdf”>My source is the brief itself</a>.

Most of them are in safe seats, but in a good years, we can reduce these numbers. Connelly, Israel, Bishop and Price can all be beaten in a very good year. Maybe even McCarthy, but that’s really pushing it. Connelly and Bishop are the best bets. None of these are easy, but John Engler wasn’t supposed to win in 1990 either.

The good news. 249 Congressmen and 56 senators signed on to get rid of the Chicago ban, including some who are normally anti-gun. <A gref=”http://www.chicagoguncase.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/08-1521tsaccongress.pdf”>Brief on behalf of congress in favor of McDonald</a>. Some I expected to sign, like my Congressman Mike Rogers who is a good guy. I did not expect Gary Peters, who was quite anti-gun as a state senator, to sign this. I still don’t trust Peters.
This list is a good list to remember election time to hand out to single issue voters.